Point-of-sale

April, 2023

• 5 April

  CardX Expands Online Payment Capabilities with Mastercard Click to Pay

  

  Payment processing platform CardX is making Mastercard Click to Pay available on Lightbox, its online payment form, to all existing and new card-not-present merchants on its platform. Mastercard Click to Pay stores a consumer’s payment information using an encrypted, virtual card number to enable secure online shopping. Lightbox enables consumers …
• 5 April

  EV Charging Cash Back to PayPal Wallet And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/5/23

  

  Participants in the new SmartCharge New York electric-vehicle charging program in the New York City area can receive cash back to their PayPal or Venmo accounts if they charge their vehicles during low-demand hours. The program is overseen by electric utilities Con Edison and Orange & Rockland, which are working with ev.energy, …
• 4 April

  Finix Tags New Merchant Market And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/4/23

  

  Finix Payments Inc. released its payments service for merchants that want to use embedded payments. Its first product was geared to software platforms. The new segment provides payments processing while enabling the merchant to control their customers’ online and in-person shopping experiences. Aeropay, a cannabis industry payments provider, said it and Onfleet, …
• 3 April

  PayPal Becomes Ticketmaster’s Preferred Payment Partner, a Boon for Braintree

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc. says it is now the preferred payments partner of Ticketmaster, the big and often controversial multi-national ticketing business owned by Live Nation Entertainment Inc. The deal announced Monday is a boon for PayPal’s Braintree merchant-processing unit, which will become Ticketmaster’s main processor. Monday’s announcement essentially is an …
• 3 April

  POSaBIT Expands Its Footprint In Cannabis Payment Processing With Hypur Acquisition

  

  POSaBIT Systems Corp. strengthened its position in the cannabis-payments processing market with the $7.5 million acquisition of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Hypur Inc., a provider of payment and compliance solutions to high-risk merchants, including cannabis dispensaries, CBD retailers, and merchants that accept cryptocurrency. POSaBIT says the acquisition will provide it with a …
• 3 April

  Coinhub Places More Bitcoin ATMs And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/3/23

  

  Coinhub said it recently secured placement of its Bitcoin ATMs at more than 1,000 gas stations and stores. Parthenon Capital announced it has closed on its $415 million acquisition of Pavilion Payments, previously known as Global Payments Gaming Solutions. The deal was announced in February. Global Payments will continue to process for Pavilion. …

March, 2023

• 31 March

  The Rise of Digital Wallets: Plan Now or Plan to Fail

  

  Digital wallets are taking on new meaning as merchants grapple with how to stay relevant with consumers’ preferred ways to pay. With the total number of digital-wallet users expected to exceed 5.2 billion globally by 2026, wallets benefit consumers and merchants alike, offering swift payments and convenience that expedite the …
• 30 March

  COMMENTARY: As the Digital Wallet Craze Spreads, Potential and Pitfalls Abound for Banks

  

  As the modern payments landscape has developed, digital wallets have become nearly impossible to avoid—not that consumers want to stay away. In fact, the recent decision by America’s largest banks to team up and create their own digital wallet points to quite the opposite. It’s easy to see why consumers …
• 30 March

  Cheq’s Stadium POS Play And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/30/23

  

  In-stadium payments provider Cheq Inc. said visitors to the Miami Marlins’ home field, loanDepot park, now can use its services for mobile, kiosk, traditional point-of-sale, and handheld payment options in parts of the park. Cheq began offering mobile payment services at the venue in 2021.8 P97 Networks, a provider of mobile-payments technology for gas …
• 28 March

  Wait No More: Apple Pay Later Arrives a Bit Late

  

  Apple Inc.’s newest financial product, a buy now, pay later service called Apple Pay Later, has finally arrived. Launched Tuesday, Apple Pay Later was announced in June, but only now is it being made available, and just to a limited set of Apple Pay users. Apple says it will offer broader …